RULES OF EVIDENCE

ARTICLE VI. WITNESSES

Rule 601. General Rule of Competency

(a) General rule of competency. Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided by statute or in these rules.

(b) Incompetence of a witness. A person is not competent to testify as a witness if the court finds that the witness lacks sufficient capacity to observe, remember and narrate as well as understand the duty to tell the truth.